Temporary binder.



Patented Oct. 28, |902. E. H; BARBUR.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

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No. 712,238. Pa'tencedv Oct. 28, |902.

E. H. BARBUR.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

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TEMPORARY BINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 712,238, dated october 2s, 1902.

Application filed April 1'7, 1902. Serial No. 103,268. (No model.)

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Be it known that 1, ERwIN HINGKLEY BAR- BOUR, of Lincoln, in the county of Lancaster and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Temporary Binders; and I do hereby declare the following,l

when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of thisspecification, and represent, in-

Figure 1, a plan view of a temporary binder constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, a detached broken plan view of one of my improved clips shown as applied to a baseplate, which in turn is applied to a strip forming a part of the jointed back, which unites the two covers of the temporary binder; Fig. 3, an enlarged view, in side elevation, of one of the clips, the base-plate of which is shown in transverse section; Fig. 4, a sectional View, on the scale of Fig. 2, showing one of the clips Fig. 5, a detached perspective view of the same clip; Fig. 6, a detached perspective view, of one of the modified forms which the clip may assume; Fig. 7, a corresponding view of another form which the clip may assume; Fig. 8, a corresponding view of still another modification; Fig. 9, a plan view of yet another modified form which my improvement may assume, a portion of one of. the flexible leaves of the temporary binder being broken away; Fig. 10, an edge view thereof with one of the leaves shown as lifted; Fig. 11, an end View of the temporary binder as it appears when filled with papers and detached preparatory for filing from the cover in which it was used when being filled with papers; Fig. 12, an enlarged View on the line a b of Fig. 9.

My invention relates to an improvement in temporary binders, and more particularly to clips therefor, the object being to produce at a low cost for manufacture a simple, effective, and durable device constructed with particular reference to convenience of use and the avoidance of any injury to the leaves or papers temporarily bound.

With these ends in view my invention consists in certain details of .construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed-out in the claims.

yIn carrying out my invention as shown in Figs. 1 to 6,l inclusive, I employ two pivotal clips, each composed of a single piece of wire bent midway of its length to form aloop-like outwardly-'projecting hook 2, a double upright 3, a double leaf-holding reach 4, a double upright 5, and twooppositely-extending trunnions 6 and 6, the said uprights and reach being double in the sense that each has two strands of wire. The said clip is mounted in a sheet-metal base-plate 7, the edges of which are turned downward and inward to form retaining-anges 8 and 9, by means of which the plate is irmly clasped upon a long narrow strip 10 of pasteboard or other material, forming the central member of the jointed back of the temporary binder, which also comprises two corresponding strips 11 and 12, a front cover 13, and a back cover 14, the said strips 10, 11, andV 12 and the covers 13 and 14 having a covering 15 of paper or cloth. The said sheet-metal base-plate 7 -is formed in one edge with a hole 7a, through which, as it were, the clip is threaded hook end foremost and which affords clearance for the lower endof the upright 5 when the clip is swung into its opened and closed positions. The opposite edge of the base-plate is formed with a hole 7b, located in its upper face, and with a registering hole 7, locatedin its ange 8. These holes receive the hook 2 of the clip and together form a cross-bar 7d, the said hook engages, at which time it is let down, so to speak, into the interior of the base-plate and below the upper surface thereof. When the clip is applied to the baseplate 7 and the base-plate applied to the strip 10, ythe journal ends 6 and 6a of the clip are conned within the upper portion of the baseplate and rest upon the upper face of one edge of the strip, as shown in Fig. 4. It will be readily understood that by springing the upright 3-of the clip inwardly toward the upright 5 thereof the hook 2 can be disengaged from the cross-bar 7 l of the base-plate, after which the clip can be thrown over into the position in which it is shown in broken lines in Fig. 4, permitting leaves 16 to be applied to it or removed from it at pleasure. After this has been done thev clip is swung back into its closed position and its upright 3 Isprung with which IOO inward again, so as to permit its hook 2 to bel v rentered into the holes 7b and 7C and rengaged with the cross-bar 7 d. Under this'construction both the hook or temporary and the pivotal or permanent connection of the clip with the base-plate 7 are concealed and virtually embedded in the central member of the three-part joint uniting the two covers of the note-book, and there is nothing in the uprights 3 and 5 and the reach 4 for the leaves to be caught upon. This construction therefore makes a very neat appearance and completely avoids any injury to the temporarilybound leaves or papers. p

In the modified construction shown by Fig. 6 the clip is formed from a narrow strip of sheet metal and comprises a hook 17, an upright 18, a reach 19, and an upright 2O for the reception of a pivot-pin. This form of clip may be mounted in a sheet-metal base-plate practically like the base-plate 7. A

The modified form of clip shown by Fig. 7 of the drawings is made from a single piece of wire and comprises a hook 22, an upright 23, a reach 24, an upright 25, and a single trunnion end 26. This form of hook may be mounted in a base-plate precisely like the base-plate 7.

The modified construction shown by Fig. 8 is made from a single piece of wire bent nearly midway of its length and shaped to form a hook 27, a leg or upright 23, a reach 29, an upright or leg 30, two base-pieces 31 32, and a hook 33, forming the extension of the basepiece 32 and adapted to receive the hook 27, which is located at the lower end of the upright 28, which constitutes the free end of this clip, which instead of being a pivotal clip is a spring-clip, the upright 30 springing at its base with respect to the base-pieces 31 and 32, by means of which the clip is firmly held in place in the temporary binder, strips of paper or cloth or other material being pasted over the base-piece and onto the body-piece upon which they rest. This will sufciently illustrate the spring form of my clip, the th ree pivotal forms of which are illustrated by Figs. 5, 6, and 7.

In the modification shown by Figs. 9 to l2 of my improvement the clips 34 34 are made of any of the forms shown and described or may be modifications of any of them and are represented as being mounted in the temporary binder, having a back strip 35 and two iiexible covers 36 36. The said back strip 35 is provided with eyelets 37, receiving fasteners 38, by means of which the temporary binder is temporarily secured to the outside cover, comprising a back strip 39 and two board covers 40. It is designed not to use the temporarybinder over and over, but when once filled with papers, as shown in Fig. 11, to detach it from the outside cover and le it away, its place being taken by another temporary binder.

It will be noticed that in all of the forms of my improved clip its free end is adapted to be secured in place in or substantially in the plane of the back of the binder, and hence is located entirely out of the way and where the papers cannot be fouled with it.

In view of the modifications shown and described and of others which may obviously be made I would have it understood that I do not limit myself to the construction shown and described, but hold myself at liberty to make such departures therefrom as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a temporary binder, the combination with the back and covers thereof, of a clip having one end connected with the said back and its other end furnished with an outwardly-projecting hook, and means applied to the said back for engagement by the said hook in, or substantially in the plane of the said back when the hook is sprung inwardly, whereby the paper is prevented from fouling with the hook.

2. In a temporary binder, the combination with the back and covers thereof, of a clip made from a single piece of metal and comprising a reach, two uprights, and an outwardly-projecting hook located at the lower end of one upright, means applied to the said back for engagement by the said hook in, or substantially in the plane of the said back when the upright on which it is located is sprung inwardly, and means for permanently connecting the lower end of the other upright with the said back, whereby the paper is prevented from fouling with the saidhook.

3. In a temporary binder, the combination with the back and covers thereof, of a clip made from a single piece of wire bent midway of its length and comprising two double uprights, a double reach, an outwardly-projecting hook located at the lower end of one of the said double uprights, and means applied to the said back for engagement by the said hook in, or substantially in the plane of the said back and for securing the lower end of the other double upright permanently to the said back.

4. In a temporary binder, the combination with the back and covers thereof, of a clip having an outwardly-projecting hook at one end and a journal at its opposite end, a metal base-plate adapted to be secured to thesaid back and receiving the said journal and adapted to, have the said hook engaged with it in, or substantially in, the plane of the said back, whereby the hook is located where the paper cannot be fouled with it.

5. In a temporary binder, the combination with the back and covers thereof, of a clip, a sheet-metal base-plate, and a longitudinallyarranged strip forminga part of the said back, the said plate being secured to the said strip, and the said clip having one of its ends permanently secured to one edge of the said plate, and its other end formed with an outwardlyprojecting hook which is engaged with the IOO IIO

other edge of the said platein or substantially in the planerof the said back, whereby the paper is prevented from fouling with the hook.

6. In a temporary binder, the combination with the back and covers thereof, of one or more clips each having one end adapted to be permanently connected with the said back and each having its opposite end formed with an outwardly-projecting hook and adapted to be sprung inwardly, and means applied to the said back of the binder and located in, or substantially in the plane thereof, for engagement by the said hook.

7. In a temporary binder, the combination with the covers and back thereof, of a longitudinally-arranged sheetm etal base plate `.having its edges turned downwardly and in- 

